Airbus Helicopters Appoints CEO

He will report to Airbus CEO Tom Enders and join
the company’s Executive Committee.

Bruno joins Airbus from Safran where he was CEO
of the Helicopter Engines business since 2015.

He succeeds
Guillaume Faury who assume his duties as President Airbus
Commercial Aircraft this week.

“I am very pleased
that we could attract an experienced executive with Bruno Even to
join Airbus,” said Airbus CEO Tom Enders. “Bruno has climbed the
management ranks at Safran at a very young age. His broad
background of the Helicopter business and his strong customer
focus combined with Program and Engineering expertise, make Bruno
the ideal candidate to succeed Guillaume Faury and to continue our
successful improvement journey in a very demanding business
environment.”

A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique,
Bruno Even joined the French Ministry of Defence in 1992 where he
was in charge of the space component’s development for the Helios
II satellite.

In 1997, he transferred to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs to become technical advisor for the Director of Strategic
Affairs, Security and Disarmament. In 1999, he joined Safran
Helicopter Engines (ex-Turbomeca) where he held a number of
management posts up to Executive Vice President Support and
Services.

From 2013 to 2015, he was CEO of Safran Electronics &
Defense (ex-Sagem).